Weaponized Disinformation....Fox, Breitbart, Infowars, Sinclair, And many others

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Weaponized Disinformation....Fox, Breitbart, Infowars, Sinclair, And many others (Original post)	pbmus	Jun 2018	OP
By throwing real facts backed up by proof out there fast and furious. MSNBC has been doing	shraby	Jun 2018	#1
Does the First Amendment allow	moondust	Jun 2018	#2
Of course they can. Except for libel and slander.	Archae	Jun 2018	#4
Yes. But there's nothing that says you can't legally require calling a spade a spade.	Volaris	Jun 2018	#5
AKA Lies. nt	Trek4Truth	Jun 2018	#3

Response to pbmus (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 01:41 PM

shraby (21,946 posts)

1. By throwing real facts backed up by proof out there fast and furious. MSNBC has been doing

that along with debunking the right wing junk news.

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Response to pbmus (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 01:56 PM

moondust (16,563 posts)

2. Does the First Amendment allow

someone to deliberately mislead the public?

Should it?

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Response to moondust (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 01:58 PM

Archae (42,399 posts)

4. Of course they can. Except for libel and slander.

And public figures need to prove malice if they are libeled or slandered.

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Response to moondust (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 02:48 PM

Volaris (8,461 posts)

5. Yes. But there's nothing that says you can't legally require calling a spade a spade.

I'd very much like to see a law that says that if you're gonna call it news (in any form), it cannot turn a monetary profit for the parent company. Pay hannity or rush their millions form the ad buys and the ratings or whatever, but the owning company cannot make a buck. And if NOT that, it has to be announced before and after every commercial break that this is ENTERTAINMENT ONLY.
3 strikes and you get your license pulled and fuck you very much.

Rush and hannity and jones would be off the air in a month.

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Response to pbmus (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 01:57 PM

Trek4Truth (515 posts)

3. AKA Lies. nt

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